Written by Noah Oppenheim and based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s book of the same name, this film aims to focus on Houdini’s passion for debunking Spiritualism, casting the famed escape artist as an Indiana Jones-like investigator of the world of the occult. You know, because escaping after being strapped in a straitjacket, sealed in a casket, and then buried in a large tank filled with sand isn’t nearly interesting enough.